11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Second World War RAF Bomber Command Halifax Air Gunner's Group of Four Medals, awarded to 1796606 Air Gunner R J Eager, comprising 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence and War Medal, with medal slip and postal box of issue, together with his Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book with entries for 19 operations over Germany in mid-February 1945 until the end of the war in Europe, also, his RAF side cap with badge and dated 1944, his Air Gunner's brevet, two sets of Sergeant's sleeve chevrons, a postcard, photograph, a 9 carat gold RAF sweetheart brooch and printed research material.
Sold for £220
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 11th Dec, 2024
The sale will include a large selection of Victorian, First and Second World War and Post-War medals and Civil awards, and a variety of cap and other badges, cloth insignia and helmet plates.
A good private collection offers Victorian and Edwardian military headgear and a number of scarlet tunics to local regiments including the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) and the Northumberland Fusiliers.
Edged weapons include a private collection of British Cavalry swords, alongside bayonets and fighting knives; and from a further private vendor is a good collection of antique firearms, pistols and revolvers.
The ethnographic section of the sale will see notable tribal weapons from Fiji and Australia.
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Tuesday 10th December 10am-5pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am
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